I blogged about people shooting off guns in the air on the 4th of July – Gun shots.
I found the following story on The Kansas City Star web site: Police investigate random shooting of girl, 11.
“Kansas City police on Tuesday canvassed apartment complexes near a house where an 11-year-old girl was struck in the neck by a stray bullet Monday as she enjoyed a backyard July 4th celebration.
The girl’s condition was so grave Tuesday that police transferred the case from the assault squad, which investigates shootings, to a homicide squad, which investigates deaths.
The shooting occurred about 9:15 p.m. near 43rd Street and Pittman Road, just east of the Truman Sports Complex.
Detectives determined several groups of people were firing guns at nearby apartments about the time the girl was hit. Police said they have an idea of the bullet’s trajectory based on her wound and where she was standing in her uncle’s yard when she collapsed.
Her uncle, Marq DeMoss, said Tuesday that his backyard is fenced and surrounded by trees that obscure the nearby complexes…”
Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/07/05/2996114/police-investigate-random-shooting.html#ixzz1RJEEz9uM
I will not go into one of my rants on the subject of guns. But if you are one of the gun nuts out there PLEASE do not fire guns in the air. This is just one sample of what happens. On the 4th of July and on New Years Day I hear guns being fired and this is the sort of thing that happens sometimes.
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